[Estray records, Hardin County, Ky.]

Publication date: 1815

Topics: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Lincoln, Thomas, 1778-1851, Public records, Estray records

Collection: lincolncollection; americana

Digitizing sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

Contributor: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection

Language: English

This ledger is a pivotal document in the locating of the Thomas Lincoln residence at Knob Creek as early as May 1811 (as per entry no. 426), as opposed to previous biographers' assumptions that the family remained at the future President's birthplace farm until 1813

Contains 906 holograph entries (in brown or black ink) recorded from September 20, 1806 through March 18, 1815, and is a registry of found stray livestock, listing finding party, location of discovery, boarding circumstances and detailed identification markings, with appraisal and signature of adjudicator, usually Justice of the Peace

Bound in boards, with leather corners and spine, and with cloth applique on covers

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